(March 16, 2015 at 6:17 pm)Smaug Wrote: I wouldn't say that violence necessary originates from religion in general.
If you're a literalist of any Abrahamic religion, violence against non believers or the ones going against scripture, is the natural conclusion.
I don't deny there are a lot of decent religious persons. But literalists are a different matter entirely. If they only pray for your demise - as we could observe on this very board - you're lucky. Some actually take action.